but thank God and take courage,—that you desire to

help even such as these.

Comparison to English Barmaids

Since my residence in Concord, N. H., I have read [25]

the daily paper, and had become an admirer of Edgar

L. Wakeman's terse, graphic, and poetic style in his

“Wanderings,” richly flavored with the true ideas of

humanity and equality. In an issue of January 17, how-

ever, were certain references to American women which [1]